Do you believe Michael Cohen is turning into a Stoic?

What does Michael Cohen’s sentencing statement in court today have to do with Socrates or Stoic philosophy? | Continue reading

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Jon Meacham on the “Optimistic Stoicism” of Marcus Aurelius

While I was researching my new book How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius, I stumbled across a Newsweek article about Marcus Aurelius, from 2010, written by aut… | Continue reading

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Stoicism in Nassim Taleb's Antifragile

People have been telling me to read Antifragile: Things that Gain From Disorder (2014) by Nassim Taleb since the book came out because  he’s into Stoicism. I’ve finally had a chance to read it so h… | Continue reading

@donaldrobertson.name | 5 years ago

How to Live with Chronic Pain Without Becoming One

Karen Duffy, or “Duff”, was kind enough to send me a review copy of her new book Backbone: Living With Chronic Pain Without Turning Into One (2017) because it contains a chapter on Stoicism. It’s a… | Continue reading

@donaldrobertson.name | 5 years ago